Pellet Prices- We are doing it to ourselves....

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LEES WOOD-CO said:
woodsman23 said:
LEES WOOD-CO said:
woodsman23 said:
How come a cord of wood in my area is only 55 bucks delivered?? What give other places.
Face cord.

Yes a face cord 4x8x16" what size are you talking for 350 bucks???? What size is a full cord?

Full cord = 3 - 16" facecords.
Wesrtern NY is notorius for calling facecords , cords.
Drives me nuts, I wish they would do away with the terms "face cord" and "ricks".
 
Wet1 said:
LEES WOOD-CO said:
woodsman23 said:
LEES WOOD-CO said:
woodsman23 said:
How come a cord of wood in my area is only 55 bucks delivered?? What give other places.
Face cord.

Yes a face cord 4x8x16" what size are you talking for 350 bucks???? What size is a full cord?

Full cord = 3 - 16" facecords.
Wesrtern NY is notorius for calling facecords , cords.
Drives me nuts, I wish they would do away with the terms "face cord" and "ricks".

Me too. It's regional. Most people here never heard of a full cord.
 
woodsman23 said:
Okay then even at 55 a face cord (which i and all my friends know what a face cord is) x3 is still 1/2 the price when all added up. So 165 for a full cord here then man thats real cheap.
Also to consider is what kind of wood (softwood weighs less per cord and has a lot less BTUs than hardwood) and where it came from. Seasoned red oak has nearly 3700 lbs/cord and 24 million BTUs. Douglas Fir only has 2900 lbs/cord and 18 million BTUs. That means a cord of doug fir should cost 25% less than a cord of oak. Usually not the case (or you get the "mixed" cord of who knows how much of what you're getting). Even hardwoods are way different - Osage Orange has 4700 lbs/cord (33 million BTUs), hickory is 4300 lbs and 28 million BTUS. We see a lot of maple & sycamore here - both of which are within a couple of % of pine in terms of weight/BTUs.

Also, if the woodcutter can get it free (like state forest cutting) then he's gonna have a lower cost basis. Same with if he gets it local & delivers locally - less fuel cost.

BTW, cedar & Ohio Buckeye are about the only firewoods that don't weigh at least a ton/cord. That means anyone who delivers your "cord" in anything less than a 1 ton truck might be shorting you (or they're wrecking their truck).
 
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